Civilization III: Conquests - the second addition to the computer game Civilization III , released in late 2003 . Includes previous add-on - Civilization III: Play the World .
| Civilization III: Conquests | |
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| Developer | BreakAway Games |
| Publisher | Atari |
| Part of a series | Civilization |
| Date of issue | 2003 |
| Version | 1.22 |
| Genre | step-by-step strategy 4X , global strategy , wargame , open world |
| Age ratings | ESRB : E -Everyone |
| Technical details | |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Game modes | single-user ; multiplayer |
| Carrier | CD |
| Control | keyboard mouse |
Content
Features
In the previous add-on Play the World was a network game. Civilization III: Conquests contains a revised version of the multiplayer mode with the ability to play via the Internet, local area network, email, or replacing each other on the same computer.
In Civilization III: Conquests , many corrections were made in the game itself, for example, bombers can now sink ships and completely destroy ground units.
The supplement also includes:
- New wonders of the world (in particular, for the first time in the game, all Seven Wonders of the World are present [1] ); units of the world can now do wonders of the world;
- 8 new civilizations; another civilization - the Austrians - is not included in the standard game, but there is a graphic for it that allows using the script editor to add the Austrians instead of any of the existing civilizations;
- 2 new features of civilizations - seafaring ( Eng. Searfaring ) and agrarian ( Eng. Agrarian );
- 9 scripts ( English conquests ), which gave the name of the addition; each of them is tied to certain historical events; the rules in the scripts have changed significantly;
- 4 new types of resources;
- 2 new types of terrain - swamps and volcanoes ;
- 2 new forms of government - feudalism and fascism .
List of Added Civilizations
| Civilization | Features | Initially Available Technologies | Unique squad | Ruler | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byzantium | Scientific, maritime | Bronze Processing, Alphabet | Dromon | Theodora | Constantinople |
| The Incas | Expansionist, agrarian | Masonry, masonry | Scouts | Pachacuti | Cuzco |
| Mayan | Hardworking, agrarian | Masonry, masonry | Dart thrower | Smoky Jaguar | Chichen Itza |
| Netherlands | Agrarian, seafaring | Pottery, alphabet | Swiss mercenary | Wilhelm of Orange | Amsterdam |
| Portugal | Expansionary | Pottery, alphabet | Karakka | Heinrich the Navigator | Lisbon |
| Hattie | Trading, expansionist | Alphabet, clay making | Triple chariot | Mursili I | Hattus |
| Sumer | Scientific, agricultural | Bronze processing, clay making | Warrior enkidu | Gilgamesh | Ur |
| Austria (bonus) | Militaristic, trading | Warrior Code, masonry | Hussars | Charles V | Vein |
Scripting
In addition, game scripts or Conquests were included, which gave the name to the game. Each of the scenarios covers a specific historical event that took place in a certain region [2] .
- Mesopotamia - Mesopotamia of Ancient Times ; the player will be the first to build all seven wonders of the world .
- Rise of Rome - The Rise of Rome.
- Fall of Rome - The fall of the Western Roman Empire .
- The Middle Ages - Middle Ages in Europe.
- Ancient Mesoamerica - Mesoamerica of the pre-Columbian era.
- Age of Discovery - the era of the great geographical discoveries .
- Sengoku: Sword of the Shogun - Sengoku period in Japan from the second half of the XV to the beginning of the XVII century. Several clans entered the struggle for supreme power in Japan.
- Napoleonic Wars - Napoleonic Wars .
- Pacific Theater of World War II - The Pacific War Theater of World War II .
Criticism
Conquests received much warmer reviews than the previous Play the World add-on; the overall Metacritic rating was 86/100 based on 16 reviews [3] . The IGN reviewer, positively noting the scripting mode, gave the game a score of 8.5 / 10 [4] .
Notes
- β Guide and Walkthrough for Civilization III: Conquests . Gambling (March 2, 2014). Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- β Soracoe, Michael Conquests Review: The Nine Featured Conquests Scenarios . Date of treatment July 13, 2011.
- β Civilization III: Conqests . Metacritic . Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- β Civilization III: Conqests . IGN (October 31, 2003). Date of treatment October 7, 2018.